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Robert Elijah "Rob" Phillips, 45, of Nespelem, Washington; who ministered to others through his life and music was gently received into the arms of his Lord and Savior – Jesus Christ during the early morning hours of Saturday, April 7, 2023 from Grand Coulee, Washington. Born Tuesday, November 1, 1977 to Pastor Bob & Charlene Drywater-Phillips in Claremore, Oklahoma, Rob graduated high school in 1996 from "Way of The Cross Christian Academy", in Elmer City, Washington. On Sunday April 1, 2012 R...
Okanogan County School Retirees to meet Okanogan County School Retirees' Association will hold a general meeting Friday, April 28, 10am, at Community Presbyterian Church of Omak, 9 Birch St., S, Omak. Refreshments at 9:45. The program will be presented by Dr. Sue Kane, Director of STEM Initiatives and Strategic Partnerships at North Central ESD. She will speak on STEM activities in Okanogan County. For more information call Penny Garrison: 509-429-0292 AA Meetings in the Area AA meetings are held Monday through Saturday at the Vets Center in...
Blood Drive to be Held Monday Vitalant Blood Drive will be held this upcoming Monday, April 17 at the American Legion in Electric City. The drive will be held from 1:30 - 5:30pm. For more information go to vitalant.org or call 877-25-VITAL. Grant County Mosquito District to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting, Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 4:00 pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd in Electric City, WA. Okanogan County School Retirees to meet Okanogan County School Retirees' Association will hold a general meeting Friday,...
Wesley O. "Wes" Jr. Seyler, (71) of Wilbur, Washington passed away the morning of Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Spokane, Washington surrounded by his loving family. Born Friday, August 17, 1951 in Nespelem, Washington to Wesley O. Sr. and Barbara M. Quill-Seyler, Wes graduated from Chilocco, Indian School of Kay County, Oklahoma in 1971. Wesley served his country with the United States Air Force from October of 1975 to August 30, 1977, when he transferred to the Air National Guard, serving with...
Isaiah Frank Adolph, 20, known as "Shark Boy" to Friends and Family, of Nespelem, Washington, left us all much too soon on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Born in Grand Coulee, Washington to Noland and Mitzi Seymour-Adolph, on Saturday, September 21st, 2002, Isaiah graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School in 2021. A member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and Catholic Church, Isaiah was always active and with a ready smile for all. He enjoyed gaming, being on "Tik Tok", playing a round of golf...
David Bazil James, 68, member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, Brother, Uncle, Story Teller and Friend to Everyone passed away at his Nespelem, Washington home Saturday, March 4, 2023. David was born May 1, 1954 in Nespelem, Washington to Paul Joseph Sr. and Orcelle Evelyn Timentwa-James. He attended school at Nespelem Elementary and St. Mary's Mission in Omak, WA. Then as a member of the Yearbook staff and "Chiefs" Football team at Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon, David graduated in...
Morris "Boozer" Barnaby, 69, of Elmer City, Washington and a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2023 in Spokane, Washington. Born Wednesday September 16, 1953 in Nespelem, Washington to Donald Angus & Elizabeth "Betty" Desautel-Barnaby, Boozer attended Grand Coulee High School, where he was a proud member of the "Tigers" Basketball, Cross Country and Track Teams. Following graduation in 1971, Boozer began a 37 year career with the Bureau of...
Okanogan County School Retirees to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association meets 10 AM, Friday, February 24 at Community Presbyterian Church of Omak, 9 Birch St. S, Omak. Refreshments provided. Program: TBA Care and Share Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Join our Facebook Group. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. AA Meetings in the Local Area AA meetings are held Monday through Saturday at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group m...
The Grand Coulee Dam and Nespelem school districts came to agreement Friday on terms of a "tuition" agreement they've been negotiating for the current school year. A solution for the next school year is still under discussion. The districts had until Jan. 31 to file applications with the U.S. Dept. of Education for "impact aid" funds that are meant to replace tax levy money they can't get because of non-taxable federal land within their boundaries. They've had an agreement since 1995 on sharing...
Willa J. Rollins-Evers, 70, Loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Sister and Master of Any Task she chose to put her mind to, passed away Sunday evening, January 29, 2023; her husband – Chuck by her side. Born Friday, August 8, 1952 in Ephrata, Washington to Glenn & Audrey Bell-Grubbs Sr., Willa grew to be very protective of her little brother – Glenn Grubbs Jr., having once beat up a boy who had bullied Glenn Jr. She graduated high school in Klamath Falls, Oregon in 1970, and went on to earn her...
John C. Francis (72) "Florist, Master Gardener, Artist, Poet, Loved by many, a Soon Friend to all whom he met, leaving all a bit richer for having known him;" passed away Wednesday morning December 28, 2022 in Nespelem, Washington. Born June 22nd, 1950 in Rossland, BC, Canada to Alex & Mary "Jean" Moore-Francis; John attended school in Northport, Washington where his second grade teacher – Mrs. Roe first recognized and encouraged John's artistic ability. Later, along with being on the high s...
Here’s a look at the most popular stories in The Star over the last year. January Stolen car found abandoned at Keller Ferry after chase A stolen Cadillac that police stopped following because of a new state law was found at the Keller Ferry Marina the next day anyway. Washington State House Bill 1054 took effect in 2021 and limits, among other things, the circumstances in which an officer can pursue a vehicle in a chase, including circumstances related to probable cause, weather conditions, the safety of others, and more. A local officer h...
Sometimes, if it’s not one thing, it’s another when you’re dealing a federal agency that gives you money. Or takes it back. Nespelem’s school board learned Monday that some of their Impact Aid money was being clawed back. Impact Aid is a federal grant program for local educational agencies that have lost local property tax revenue due to the presence of non-taxable federal land. Superintendent Effie Dean explained that the Impact Aid agency had found the school district’s 2019-2020 school year application for Impact Aid faulty, for two years...
Faith J Friedlander, 49, of Coulee Dam, Washington, left us all much too soon the morning of Thursday, November 24, 2022. Faith - Loving Mother and Grandmother was born Thursday, July 26, 1973 in Omak, Washington to Edward "Ed" G. Friedlander and Cathleen "Cathy" J. Fulgham. Faith attended "Nespelem Grade School" in Nespelem, Washington, "Paschal-Sherman Indian School" in Omak, Washington where she was the only female member of the School's Football Team and finally "Lake Roosevelt High School"...
6 MRSC ROSTERS SMALL PUBLIC WORKS, CONSULTANT, and VENDOR ROSTERS FOR PARTICIPATING WASHINGTON STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LOCATED IN EASTERN WASHINGTON The Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC) hereby advertises on behalf of the below listed local government agencies in Washington State (local governments) in Eastern Washington (Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Adams, Whitman, Garfield, Asotin, Spokane, Lincoln, Ferry Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties), including - but not limited to - cities (Title 35 RCW and...
School board members Monday night accepted new “tuition agreements” between districts that have already been doing for decades what the new contracts will make legal, in the eyes of federal regulators. Grand Coulee Dam School District directors voted to OK the so-called “tuition” pacts with Nespelem and Keller school districts, whose students eventually attend junior high and high school in Coulee Dam, bringing with them federal “Impact Aid” funds to help pay for it. Because those schools get paid at a higher rate than the Coulee Dam distric...
Robert L. "Bob" Tonasket, 82, Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and Brother, Veteran and Respected Elder of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville passed away at his Keller, Washington home, the morning of Monday, November 7, 2022. Bob entered this world Saturday, October 5, 1940 to Joseph Sr. & Mary Covington-Tonasket in Nespelem, Washington. In 1958, he graduated from High School in Curlew. Washington, where Bob was a member of the Basketball, Baseball and Track teams. From October 16,...
A federal funding problem that could have cost the Grand Coulee Dam School District millions in future years, and several just past, has apparently been averted, Nespelem School District Superintendent Effie Dean said Monday. Federal authorities reviewing a practice the two districts have used for decades to share federal Impact Aid took exception to it last spring. The two districts, since 1995, have operated under a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that some of the money from the federal Impact Aid program coming into Nespelem would be...
Town of Nespelem NOTICE OF PRELIMINARY BUDGET HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Town of Nespelem will hold the 2023 Preliminary Budget Public Hearing at Town Hall, 330 9th, Nespelem, WA 99155, November 9th, 2022 at 5:00 pm. Copies of the 2022 preliminary budget are available at Town Hall during business hours. All interested person will be give the opportunity to provide written or oral comments. Town Hall is handicap accessible. Arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs, including handicap accessibility or interpreter, will...
A tragedy that unfolded in Keller Thursday quickly spread to Nespelem as police searched through the night for suspects in the killing of two people and the shooting of a police officer in Keller. As police from agencies far and near answered a call not heard by residents listening to scanners for clues about what was happening, Colville Tribal Emergency Services posted a warning on Facebook about 7 p.m. asking Nespelem residents to stay in their homes. The mayor also issued that plea and added...
Joseph Anthony "JR" Tonasket Jr., 83, Member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville, passed away quietly, his wife Marie by his side, Saturday morning October 15, 2022 in Brewster, Washington. Born Friday, August 25, 1939 in Nespelem to Joseph A. Sr. and Mary Covington-Tonasket, Jr. graduated from High School in Curlew, WA where he was a member of the Curlew Cougars track and boxing teams. Always active, to say that JR loved sports would be an understatement! He ran in multiple marathons...
Grand Coulee Police 10/17 - Police explained to a man at a Main Street tavern the process of getting a restraining order after another man had stared at him strangely. 10/19 - Police responded to the gas station at Four Corners, where a man had been in the bathroom for over an hour, unresponsive to the knocks of other customers and an employee. The man didn’t respond to a police knocking either. An employee unloxacked the door and police opened the door to see a man washing his hands. He was told to leave the store and did so without i...
Grand Coulee Police 10/4 - Police provided helpful advice to a Grand Coulee woman in retrieving her truck from her ex-boyfriend in Omak. - A vehicle reportedly “clipped” a deer at SR-174 and Spokane Way. Police didn’t see any evidence of a collision and were unable to reach the registered owner of the vehicle that reportedly hit the deer, nor of the reporting party. Police were unable to determine if an accident had actually occurred. - About $500 worth of damage was done to a rear fender and taillight of a car parked at Safeway in a hit and r...
Budget Workshop Special Council Meeting Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Budget Workshops will be held at the Coulee Dam Town Hall, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam Washington, October 26, November 2 and November 16, 2022 at 5:15 p.m. Stefani Bowden Clerk/Treasurer (Publish October 19, 2022) ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WEST COULEE DAM LIFT STATION General Notice Town of Coulee Dam (Owner) is requesting Bids for construction of the West Coulee Dam Lift Station Project. Bids for construction of the Project will be received...
The wildfire smoke in the air, which may come from this or that fire depending on which way the wind is blowing, is unpleasant and unhealthy to breathe, and has an effect on local events. Grand Coulee Dam School District leaders discussed air quality at their board meeting on Sept. 12 when Superintendent Paul Turner discussed www.purpleair.com, showing how sensors installed at volunteer locations measure air quality. Local sensors on the network include one south of Osborn Bay, one near Spring Canyon, one in downtown Grand Coulee, another in ea...